adelphogamous

adj

Etymology

From adelpho- + -gamous.

  1. derived from γάμος — “union, marriage
  2. formed as adelphogamous — “adelpho- + -gamous

Definitions

  1. Of, related to, or engaging in adelphogamy.

    • Furthermore, the constancy of adelphogamous marriages in the phylogeny of Anergates is a phenomenon the like of which is as yet unknown in nature.
    • Abydos was the ancestral abode of the adelphogamous Ahmose and its associated Turkish city, and Parisina, the grandmother-in-law of Lucrezia Borgia, was incestuous in her own right.
    • It is even conceivable that parasitic species are less "adelphogamous" than previously assumed since it has not been established with certainty that true brothers and sisters within polygynous colonies really mate with each other at all.

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